Hanger



A. A. DUBBS Jan. 31, 1933.

HANGER Filed July 5, 1932 m m m E J W Patented Jan. 31, 1933 UNITED STATES ARTHUR A. DUBBS, or nniavnn, ootoRAno HANGER Application filed July 5, 1932. Serial no. 620,887.

My invention relates to hangers for garments. The principal object of the inven tion is to provide a hanger "that has means for preventing garments from slipping off the hanger.

Another object is to provide spring means for the purpose of maintaining said firstmentioned means in position.

A further object is to provide reversible means for holding garments on a hanger.

Still other objects reside in details of construction and in novel combinations and arrangements of parts, which will appear in the course of the following description. In

the drawing, like reference characters designate similar parts in the several views.-

Figure 1 is a face view of a hanger, embodying the features of the present invention, supporting a garment.

Figure 2 is an enlarged face view of the hanger, showing certain members in broken lines.

Figure 8 is a view taken on the line 33, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is an enlarged section taken on the line 4 4: of Figure 2.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the reference character 5 generally designates a form upon which to place the shoulders of a garment. This form is shaped on the upper side generally similar to an ordinary so-called coat hanger.

A wire 6, having a hooked end 7, is provided for suspending the form. The shank of the wire is passed through an opening 8 approximately on the transverse axis of the form. The form has a boss 9 at the normally underside of the form, preferably provided with a flat face 10. A recess 11 formed centrally of this face is alined and concentric with the opening 8. p

The shank of the wire 6 extends into the recess 11 and has a spring 12 coiled about said shank member. A washer 13 is 'heldon v the wire by a small amount of solder 14:. The

spring abuts against the washer and against the breast of the recess.

The hanger has a saddle 15 extending longitudinally of the form and preferably lined 0 and covered with metal 16. A tubular memher 17 normally rests in the saddle. The" wire 6 passes transversely through this tubular member, as perhaps best seen in Figure 4. The member 17 is held on the wire 6 by solclering 18, or other suitable means.

, The garment holding means comprises'lateral spring wires or arms 19 inserted into'the open ends of the tubular member or sleeve 17 and suitably held therein. f The outer ends. of the wires19 carry garment engaging rollers 20, which roll across'the shoulders of garments without drawing] same. When the sleeve 17 is resting in the saddle 15, the rollers arein contact with the upper'side of the form, or in contact with a-garment' on the form. 7 Q J It will be noticed that the wire 19hasian offset 21 adjacent to the roller, which provides a space 22 between the'hanger form and the wire-19, for collars, ruffles, etc. on garments. I

In assembling the present device,the washer 13 is sealed on the wire'6 in such a position that the spring will be under tension, if the sleeve 17 is lifted from the saddle and the rollers lifted away from' the form 5. If desired,-the spring be held under tension at all times,in-order to insure a close; contact between thevrollers 20 and the form 5 In the use ofthe present invention, the form 5 is used as heretofore in hanging garments, as shown in Figure 1. While the garment is being placed on the form, the rollers and supporting wires 19 are in the broken-line positions shown; in Figures 3 and 4. -After the garment is placed in the usualposition on the form, the rollers and wires, 1-9 are turned back to the positions shown in Figures 1 and 2, by means of thehook 7,

whereby the rollers are'hel'd in frictional en- V gagement with the outer surfaces of the shoulders of a garment, and thus prevent its slipping from the form. It is clear that the position of the hook '7 may be turned in either direction without interfering with the garment-holding function of the rollers.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the details of'the invention with out departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and that I am entitled to protection against the manufacture, use and sale of equivalent structures, intended to perform the same function.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a form having a saddle, a supporting hook member for the form, arms on the hook member, nor

mally resting in the saddle, and means on the to arms adapted to engage a garment andhold same on the hanger, when the arms arein the saddle.

2. A garment hanger according to claim 1, in which spring means is connected with the hook member to yieldingly resist movement of the arms out of the saddle.

3. A garment hanger comprising a form provided with a transverse recess, a supporting hook member having a shank in the recess, a coiled spring around the shank, an abutment on theshank holding the spring bet-Ween same and the breast of the recess, and arms on the hook member extending longitudinally of the-form and having means engaging and holding a garment on the form, said means being movable from such position against the action of said spring.

4. garment hanger comprising a form provided with a transverse recess, a supporting hook member having a shank in the recess, the hook member being movable longitudinally and rotatable relative to the form, spring means connected to resist the longitudinal movement of the hook member, stop means to prevent rotary movement of the hook member until it has been moved longitu'dinallya predetermined distance, and garment engaging means on the hook member, movable to and from a garment engaging position by movement of the hook member.

5. A garment hanger comprisinga shoulder form having a transverse opening enlarged into an alined, concentric recess, a hook member having ashank member movable longitudinally in the opening end disposed in the recess, arms on the hook for holding a garment on the form, the. form being provided with a saddle for receiving the arms, and a coiled spring in the recess connected to resist movements of the hook member and thereby tending to hold the arms in the saddle.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

- ARTHUR A. DUBBS. 

